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What will probably always be the case,
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no matter what happens with government policy,
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that eating a carrot, buying a carrot,
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an apple, or something like that--
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unless you live right by where it happens to
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be grown--is going to be a more expensive proposition
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than eating a Twinkie, a bag of Cheetos, or something in a bottle
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like Coca-Cola, because those things are processed,
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have long shelf lives, etc., the others don't;
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so that's part of the picture.
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However, government policy becomes part of the picture as well,
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and when governments get in the way of good nutrition